Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc

Analysis

Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Accokeek, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $1.9m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oil & Gas Action Network ($1.9m), St Paul Transportation Management Organization ($1.9m) and Outward Bound Adventures Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $160k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $745k. At year end it held assets of $11.1m against liabilities of $97k, net assets of $11.0m. It reported 38 employees.